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Frankie Welch stands in front of her Duvall House in Alexandria Virginia.

Frankie Welch

Frankie Welch wearing a Cherokee Alphabet dress in front of Duvall House, Alexandria, Virginia, 1968.

Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Collection of Frankie Welch, Peggy Welch Williams, and Genie Welch Leisure.

Frankie Welch Cherokee Alphabet scarf, 1967, silk

Cherokee Alphabet Scarf

Cherokee Alphabet scarf, 1967, silk.

Frankie Welch Discover America scarf, circa 1968, unidentified fabric

Discover America Scarf

Discover America scarf, ca. 1968, unidentified fabric.

Frankie Welch Hubert H. Humphrey campaign scarf, 1968, silk

Hubert H. Humphrey Campaign Scarf

Hubert H. Humphrey scarf, 1968, silk.

Frankie Welch Hubert H. Humphrey campaign dress, 1968

Hubert H. Humphrey Campaign Dress

Hubert H. Humphrey dress, 1968.

Courtesy of Ashley Callahan

Flyer for the Frankie dress by Frankie Welch, circa 1975

Frankie Flyer

Frankie flyer, ca. 1975.

Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Collection of Frankie Welch, Peggy Welch Williams, and Genie Welch Leisure.

Frankie Welch Basket Weave Frankie and Turtles Frankie dresses

Basket Weave Frankie and Turtles Frankie

Basket Weave Frankie and Turtles Frankie, n.d.

Frankie Welch Republican National Convention Frankie dress and pinafore, 1968

Republican National Convention Frankie and Pinafore

Republican National Convention Frankie and pinafore, 1968.

Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, (left) Frankie Welch Collection, Rome Area History Center and (right) Frankie Welch Textile Collection, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

Models wearing Frankie Welch Clyde’s scarf and tie, ca. 1976

Clyde’s Scarf and Tie

Models wearing Clyde’s scarf and tie, ca. 1976.

Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Collection of Frankie Welch, Peggy Welch Williams, and Genie Welch Leisure.

Frankie Welch Fifty State Flowers scarf, 1970, cotton

Fifty State Flowers Scarf

Fifty State Flowers scarf, 1970, cotton.

Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Collection of Frankie Welch, Peggy Welch Williams, and Genie Welch Leisure.

Frankie Welch National Cherry Blossom Festival, Washington, D.C., scarf, 1970, unidentified fabric

National Cherry Blossom Festival Scarf

National Cherry Blossom Festival, Washington, D.C., scarf, 1970, unidentified fabric.

Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Frankie Welch Collection, Rome Area History Center.

Frankie Welch of Virginia scarf, 1969, silk

Frankie Welch of Virginia Scarf

Frankie Welch of Virginia scarf, 1969, silk.

Frankie Welch Member of Congress scarf, 1969, silk

Member of Congress Scarf

Member of Congress scarf, 1969, silk.

Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Frankie Welch Collection, Historic Clothing and Textile Collection, College of Family and Consumer Science, University of Georgia.

Frankie Welch Washington, D.C. scarf design, circa 1978

Washington, D.C. Scarf Design

Washington, D.C., scarf design, ca. 1978.

Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Collection of Frankie Welch, Peggy Welch Williams, and Genie Welch Leisure.

Frankie Welch McDonald’s scarf, 1976, Qiana

McDonald’s Qiana Scarf

McDonald’s scarf, 1976, Qiana.

Courtesy of Ashley Callahan

Frankie Welch McCormick scarf, 1977, Qiana

McCormick Qiana Scarf

McCormick scarf, 1977, Qiana.

Frankie Welch McCormick scarf, 1978, polyester

McCormick Scarf

McCormick scarf, 1978, polyester.

Frankie Welch Red Cross napachief, 1981, unidentified synthetic fabric

Red Cross Napachief

Red Cross napachief, 1981, unidentified synthetic fabric.

Frankie Welch National Treasures (Mount Vernon) scarf, 1993, silk

National Treasures Mount Vernon Scarf

National Treasures (Mount Vernon) scarf, 1993, silk.

Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Collection of Frankie Welch, Peggy Welch Williams, and Genie Welch Leisure.

Frankie Welch BB&T bandana, cotton

BB&T Bandana

BB&T bandana, n.d., cotton.

Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Collection of Frankie Welch, Peggy Welch Williams, and Genie Welch Leisure.

Betty Ford and Frankie Welch

Betty Ford and Frankie Welch with the Betty Ford scarf, 1975.

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.

Frankie Welch Betty Ford scarf/scarves, 1975, Qiana

Betty Ford Scarves

Betty Ford scarf/scarves, 1975, Qiana.

Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Collection of Frankie Welch, Peggy Welch Williams, and Genie Welch Leisure.

Color photograph of designer Frankie Welch, 1987.

Frankie Welch

Frankie Welch, 1987.

Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Collection of Frankie Welch, Peggy Welch Williams, and Genie Welch Leisure.

Photograph of University of Georgia scarf for the President's club designed by Frankie Welch

University of Georgia Scarf

University of Georgia scarf for the President’s Club, 1982, polyester.

Courtesy of Ashley Callahan

Frankie Welch Garden Club of Georgia scarf, 1978, polyester

Garden Club of Georgia Scarf

Garden Club of Georgia scarf, 1978, polyester.

Frankie Welch Tobacco Institute scarf, 1978, cotton.

Tobacco Institute Scarf

Tobacco Institute scarf, 1978, cotton.

Frankie Welch Turtles scarf, designed ca. 1971, Qiana

Turtles Qiana Scarf

Turtles scarf, designed ca. 1971, Qiana.

Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Collection of Frankie Welch, Peggy Welch Williams, and Genie Welch Leisure.

Frankie Welch Thirteen Original States scarf, designed 1975, Qiana

Thirteen Original States Qiana Scarf

Thirteen Original States scarf, designed 1975, Qiana.

Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Collection of Frankie Welch, Peggy Welch Williams, and Genie Welch Leisure.

Frankie Welch National Press Club scarf, 1973, unidentified fabric

National Press Club Scarf

National Press Club scarf, 1973, unidentified fabric.

Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Collection of Frankie Welch, Peggy Welch Williams, and Genie Welch Leisure.

Frankie Welch Peanut scarf for Governor and Mrs. Jimmy Carter, 1973, silk

Peanut Scarf

Peanut scarf for Governor and Mrs. Jimmy Carter, 1973, silk.

Courtesy of Ashley Callahan

Frankie Welch scarf for the inauguration of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, 1980, polyester

Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush Inauguration Scarf

Scarf for the inauguration of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, 1980, polyester.

Frankie Welch Georgia Libraries Association scarf, 1971, Qiana

Georgia Libraries Association Qiana Scarf

Georgia Libraries Association scarf, 1971, Qiana.

Swan House

Swan House

The Edward H. Inman (1925-28) House in Atlanta, also known as Swan House, is one of Philip Trammell Shutze's best-known works with the partnership Hentz, Adler and Shutze. Mrs. Inman chose the swan motif from which the house gets its name.

Walter McElreath portrait with coat and tie

Walter McElreath

Walter McElreath was an Atlanta-based attorney, banking executive, legislator, and the founding president of the Atlanta Historical Society (today the Atlanta History Center).

Courtesy of Atlanta History Center.

October 1950

October 1950

GEORGIA Magazine, originally called RURAL GEORGIA, is the state's oldest magazine. 

Courtesy of GEORGIA Magazine

July 1990

July 1990

In 1990 RURAL GEORGIA changed its name to GEORGIA Magazine to reflect its growing popularity in the state's metropolitan centers. 

Courtesy of GEORGIA Magazine

November 2016

November 2016

The November 2016 issue of GEORGIA Magazine featured a cover story on restoration work at Pasaquan, a folk art installation outside Buena Vista. 

Courtesy of GEORGIA Magazine

July 1976

July 1976

RURAL GEORGIA, which later became GEORGIA Magazine, was published in Millen until 1977, when its offices moved to Atlanta. 

Courtesy of GEORGIA Magazine

January 1995

January 1995

The January 1995 issue of GEORGIA Magazine featured articles on winemaking and filmmaking in Georgia. 

Courtesy of GEORGIA Magazine

American Burying Beetle

American Burying Beetle

The American burying beetle, Nicrophorus americanus, is an endangered species and is no longer found in Georgia. Beetles, order Coleoptera, are the largest group of insects, and thousands of species can be found in Georgia.

Photograph by the Frost Museum

European Honeybees

European Honeybees

European honeybees are not native to Georgia, but records show they arrived in the state by 1743. They were named the state insect in 1975. In addition to creating honey, honeybees pollinate several crops, including blueberries, apples, melons, and gourds.

Photograph by Waugsberg

Bombyx mori

Bombyx mori

An adult silkmoth, Bombyx mori. This species's caterpillar, the mulberry silkworm, has produced silk textiles for millennia. Eighteenth-century Georgia colonists tried and failed to establish a silk industry in Savannah.

Photograph by Nikita

Fire Ant

Fire Ant

Solenopsis invicta are an invasive ant species from South America. The species has interbred with native ants to create hybrid ant species that threaten soybean production. All ants are eusocial, which means they live in strict social hiearchies.

Varroa Mite

Varroa Mite

Researchers have attributed recent declines in apiary honeybee populations to parasitic varroa mites, pictured between the bee's wings above. Varroa mites suck drone and developing brood blood, weakening individuals. An untreated varroa infestation may kill colonies.

Photograph by the U.S. Department of Agriculture

Golden Garden Spider

Golden Garden Spider

The golden garden spider, Argiope aurantia, is a member of the orb-web family. Here, an individual uses its spinnerets, located on its abdomen, to trap prey. Spiders are exclusively carnivorous, though the golden garden spider is no danger to humans.

Photograph by Tom McC

Widow Spider

Widow Spider

Widow spiders produce cobwebs and seclude themselves in dark, isolated areas. They have a painful bite, which requires medical attention, but they are rarely fatal.

Photograph by Charaj

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

The eastern tiger swallowtail, Papilo glaucus, is the state butterfly of Georgia. It's common across the eastern United States.

Courtesy of Loy Xingwen

Gus Whalen

Gus Whalen

Gus Whalen, the fourth-generation president and CEO of the Warren Featherbone Company, was a major employer in Gainesville and a noted philanthropist. His advocacy of "intergenerational community learning" brought him national attention in the 2000s. 

©Billy Howard

Bill Hardman Day

Bill Hardman Day

Bill Hardman recieves an award in Atlanta during Bill Hardman Day.

Columbus Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony

Columbus Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony

Governor Carl Sanders cuts the ribbon at the opening of the Columbus Welcome Center, off Interstate 185 on June 8, 1965. Bill Hardman, in glasses, looks on.

Bill Hardman

Bill Hardman

While serving as Georgia's tourism director from 1959 to 1970, Bill Hardman revolutionized the state's image among vacationers. He was the driving force behind the creation of the state's welcome centers and of clever campaigns like "See Georgia First" and "Stay and See Georgia." Through his efforts, the state shed its reputation for speed traps, clip joints, and poor roads.

Hardman with Tourism Posters

Hardman with Tourism Posters

Hardman, in center with glasses, looks on as Georgia Welcome Center hostesses debut new Georgia tourism posters for 1966.

Vacation in Georgia

Vacation in Georgia

Bill Hardman promoted Georgia at every opportunity through parades, radio and television spots, and trade shows. By 1967 tourist spending in Georgia reached more than $570 million.

Travel South USA

Travel South USA

Bill Hardman became the founding president of the Southern Travel Directors' Council in 1965. The council adopted the "Travel South USA" motto in 1971.

E. D. Rivers

E. D. Rivers

E. D. Rivers speaks in 1939, during his second gubernatorial term, at a gathering in Union County, located in the north Georgia mountains. During his first term, Rivers secured federal funding to support public housing and rural electrification in the state.

Courtesy of Georgia Archives, Vanishing Georgia, #uni005.

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Soybeans

Soybeans

The soybean plant, first introduced to Georgia in 1765, originated in China. The plant was brought to the Georgia colony by Samuel Bowen, who planted it after settling in Savannah. In the latter part of the nineteenth century, the U.S. Department of Agriculture encouraged the cultivation of soybeans in the state.

Photograph by Carl Dennis, Auburn University. Courtesy of IPM Images

Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Little White House

Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Little White House

In 1924, three years after Roosevelt contracted polio, he began visiting Warm Springs in Georgia. The springs were thought to be beneficial for polio victims. Roosevelt, who became the U.S. president in 1932, is pictured in front of the Little White House in Warm Springs.

Cotton Farmers

Cotton Farmers

Members of a Heard County family pose in front of their cotton crop, circa 1900. Residents of the county began raising cotton in the nineteenth century, but many were forced to abandon the crop during the first decades of the twentieth century, in the wake of the boll weevil devastations and the Great Depression.

Courtesy of Georgia Archives, Vanishing Georgia, #
hrd005.

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Soybean Pod

Soybean Pod

Soybeans were introduced to the United States by Samuel Bowen, a seaman who brought the seeds from China. At Bowen's request, Henry Yonge planted the first soybean crop on his farm in Thunderbolt, a few miles east of Savannah, in 1765.

Photograph by the United Soybean Board

Oat Harvesting

Oat Harvesting

Alonzo Fields (far right), the farm supervisor at the Flint River Farms Resettlement Community in Macon County, directs the harvesting of oats in 1939. Flint River Farms was an experimental planned community established in 1937 for African American sharecroppers.

Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, #LC-USF33- 030402-M1 [P&P].

School Campus

School Campus

The school building at the Flint River Farms Resettlement Community, an experimental farm established in Macon County for African American sharecroppers, included a schoolhouse, teacher's residence, and related buildings.

Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division

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Health Clinic

Health Clinic

Dr. Thomas M. Adams and project nurse Lillie Mae McCormick, pictured in 1937, administer a typhoid shot in the health clinic at the Flint River Farms Resettlement Community in Macon County.

Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, #LC-USF34- 051634-D [P&P] LOT 1541.

Wheat Field

Wheat Field

Project manager Amos Ward (left?) and Farm Security Administration borrower Simon Joiner inspect wheat in 1939 at the Flint River Farms Resettlement Community in Macon County. A variety of crops, including wheat, oats, cotton, pecans, and peaches were grown at the farms.

Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, #LC-USF33- 030398-M4 [P&P] LOT 1541.

Flint River Farms School

Flint River Farms School

Students, pictured in 1939, gather outside the schoolhouse at the Flint River Farms Resettlement Community in Macon County. A field of oats grows in front of the school.

Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, #LC-USF34- 051647-D [P&P] LOT 1541.

Elementary Schoolchildren

Elementary Schoolchildren

A classroom of first graders is pictured in 1939 at the Flint River Farms Resettlement Community in Macon County. The school opened to elementary-age children in 1938, and by 1946 it offered classes in all twelve grades.

Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, #LC-USF34- 051617-D [P&P] LOT 1541.

Home Economics Class

Home Economics Class

Evelyn M. Driver (center) instructs students in home economics and management in 1939 at the Flint River Farms Resettlement Community in Macon County.

Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, #LC-USF33- 030379-M3 [P&P] LOT 1541.

Sidney Root

Sidney Root

Sidney Root, a prominent Atlanta businessman, was an integral part of the Confederate war effort during the Civil War. He later served as the director of the International Cotton Exposition of 1881 in Atlanta and, as park commissioner for the city, was instrumental in the building of Grant Park.

Robert Woodruff and Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans

Robert Woodruff and Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans

Robert Woodruff, the president of the Coca-Cola Company, is pictured with Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans at the Stork Club in New York City, during the 1940s. Evans owned the Atlanta Coca-Cola Bottling Company, founded by her husband Joseph Whitehead, for several decades before selling it to Woodruff in 1932.

Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans

Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans

Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans, a Virginia native, was a prominent businesswoman and philanthropist in Atlanta during the first half of the twentieth century. In 1932 she joined the board of directors for the Coca-Cola Company, becoming one of the first women in the country to serve on the board of a major corporation.

Herman J. Russell

Herman J. Russell

Georgia governor Joe Frank Harris (left) presents Herman J. Russell, an Atlanta entrepreneur and community leader, with the award for the Atlanta Business League's CEO of the Year in 1986.

Courtesy of Archives Division, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, Harmon Perry Photograph Collection.

Atlanta Leaders

Atlanta Leaders

Three prominent civil rights leaders from Atlanta gather in 1987 to endorse the candidacy of Richard Arrington Jr. for mayor of Birmingham, Alabama. Arrington won the election to become the first Black mayor of that city. From left, Herman J. Russell, Andrew Young, Richard Arrington, and Jesse Hill.

Courtesy of Archives Division, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, Atlanta–Fulton Public Library System, Harmon Perry Photograph Collection.

Herman J. Russell

Herman J. Russell

Herman J. Russell (left), founder of the Atlanta-based construction and real estate conglomerate H. J. Russell and Company, consults in 1983 with developer Robert Holder on plans for the Delta Air Lines building in College Park.

BellSouth Telecommunications Building

BellSouth Telecommunications Building

The BellSouth Telecommunications Building, located at 675 West Peachtree Street in Atlanta, was built in 1980 by the Atlanta-based firm FABRAP, in conjunction with Skidmore Owings and Merrill of New York. It served as headquarters for both Southern Bell and BellSouth. In 2006 BellSouth was absorbed by AT&T, and today the building is part of the AT&T Midtown Center.

Courtesy of AT&T

BellSouth Van

BellSouth Van

A BellSouth service van contains installation and repair equipment for such products as local and long-distance telephone service, Internet service, and satellite television. BellSouth offered these services in Georgia from 1984 until its merger with AT&T in 2006.

Courtesy of AT&T

Department of Labor

Department of Labor

The central office of the Georgia Department of Labor is pictured in 2008 at the corner of Piedmont Avenue and Andrew Young International Boulevard in Atlanta. The Department of Labor, created in 1937, provides workforce and vocational rehabilitation services, in addition to overseeing workplace safety programs and gathering labor and occupational statistics in Georgia.

Courtesy of Georgia Department of Labor

Mark Butler

Mark Butler

Mark Butler, the commissioner of the Georgia Department of Labor, was elected in 2010.

Courtesy of Georgia Department of Labor

Valdosta Career Center

Valdosta Career Center

The Valdosta Career Center, pictured circa 2008, is one of fifty-three career centers administered by the Georgia Department of Labor. These career centers, which aim to assist Georgia workers through training, educational resources, and financial support, replace traditional unemployment offices in the state.

Courtesy of Georgia Department of Labor

Athens Career Center

Athens Career Center

The Athens Career Center, pictured circa 2008, provides computers and other resources to job seekers in the Clarke County area. The center is administered by the Georgia Department of Labor.

Courtesy of Georgia Department of Labor

Michael L. Thurmond

Michael L. Thurmond

Michael L. Thurmond, the commissioner of the Georgia Department of Labor, was elected in 1998 and served until 2011.

Courtesy of Dekalb County

Atlanta Business Chronicle

Atlanta Business Chronicle

The Atlanta Business Chronicle, founded by Bob Gray and Mike Weingart in 1978, is a weekly journal that covers business and industry news in Atlanta. Today the publication is owned by American City Business Journals.

John D. Gray

John D. Gray

John D. Gray was the first major railroad contractor in the South and served as president of the Monroe Railroad in Georgia. During the Civil War he manufactured weaponry for the Confederacy.

Courtesy of Nancy Eubanks

Brumby Chair Company

Brumby Chair Company

Workers at the Brumby Chair Company in Marietta pause for their noon break in the summer of 1903. Under the leadership of Thomas Brumby, who helmed the company from 1888 to 1923, the Brumby Chair Company became one of the largest employers in Marietta and one of the largest chair factories in the Southeast.

Courtesy of Georgia Archives, Vanishing Georgia, #
cob106.

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Brumby Delivery Truck

Brumby Delivery Truck

A Brumby Chair Company delivery truck is pictured, circa 1928. The Brumby Chair Company, based in Marietta, was incorporated in 1884 by brothers Jim and Thomas Brumby. The company, which the family continues to operate, is best known for its iconic rocking chair.

Courtesy of Georgia Archives, Vanishing Georgia, #
cob299.

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Otis Brumby Sr.

Otis Brumby Sr.

Marietta leaders gather in the law office of Rip Blair (seated right) to honor Niles Trammel (seated left), circa 1940. Otis Brumby Sr. (standing far left) was the vice president of Brumby Chair Company. Also standing, from left: Stanton Read, Ed Massey, Jake Northcutt, Eugene McNeel Sr., unknown, Ryburn Clay, J. J. Daniell, Morgan McNeel.

Courtesy of Georgia Archives, Vanishing Georgia, #
cob498.

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Carpet Machine

Carpet Machine

While the introduction of new machinery to textile factories in the 1970s resulted in workforce reductions across the state, the carpet industry of north Georgia weathered such changes, producing around 80 percent of the world's carpets in the twenty-first century.

Courtesy of Carpet and Rug Institute

Hosiery Mill

Hosiery Mill

A hosiery mill at Union Point, in Greene County, produces socks in 1941. Textile mills in Georgia began producing a variety of cotton products, including hosiery, carpet yarn, and twine, after 1900.

Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division